CoBiz Financial Invites You to Join Its Annual Meeting Webcast

DENVER, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- You are invited to join CoBiz
Financial (Nasdaq: COBZ) for its Annual Shareholders' Meeting which will be
broadcast live over the Internet on Thursday, May 21 at 10 am Eastern Daylight
Time.

What: CoBiz Financial Annual Shareholders' Meeting

When: Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 10:00 am EDT

Where: http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=59046

How: Live over the Internet: Simply log on to the web at the -
address above. If you are unable to participate during the live
webcast, the call will be archived on the company's web site at
www.cobizfinancial.com. To access the replay, go to Investor
Relations and click on Presentations.

Contact: Sue Hermann, 303.312.3488 (shermann@cobizfinancial.com )

CoBiz Financial (www.cobizfinancial.com) is a $2.7 billion financial holding
company headquartered in Denver. The company operates Colorado Business Bank
and Arizona Business Bank, full-service commercial banking institutions that
serve professionals and small to mid-sized businesses. CoBiz also offers trust
and fiduciary services through CoBiz Trust; property and casualty insurance
brokerage and risk management consulting services through CoBiz Insurance;
investment banking services through Green Manning & Bunch; the management of
stock and bond portfolios for individuals and institutions through Alexander
Capital Management Group and Wagner Investment Management; and employee and
executive benefits consulting and wealth transfer services through Financial
Designs.

Minimum requirements to listen to broadcast: Windows Media Player software,
downloadable free from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.aspx and at least a
56Kbps connection to the Internet. If you experience problems listening to the
webcast, send an e-mail to: webcast@multivu.com.

SOURCE CoBiz Financial

Lyne Andrich, +1-303-312-3458, Sue Hermann, +1-303-312-3488, both of CoBiz
Financial